digestIT 2004

"I've been using digestIT for a while &just wanted to say
thanks. It's very easy to use."
-- Anthony B., OpenOffice.org

"I love the way DigestIT is integrated with the pull down menu
on files."
-- Howard V., Novell, Inc.

"It [sic] like it because it does MD5 and SHA-1 hashs and
integrates into Windows as a right-click context menu."
-- Roger Grimes, InfoWorld.com

MD5 for Win32 introduced the "right-click and hash" interface to
calculate a message digest without having to open a separate program.
digestIT 2003 took it further by adding multiple file support,
integrated copying and saving, and support for the SHA-1 message digest
algorithm.

Introduce digestIT 2004, taking digestIT 2003 one step further by
adding integrated verification support right in the same easy-to-use
interface.

Sightings

"GnuPG makes a Windows checksum calculator freely available on
www.gnupg.org, but it's not as full featured as I would prefer. I
like DigestIT 2004, a freeware program that integrates nicely into
the Windows desktop."

digestIT 2004 is recommended by Netflix for use in their contest
about predicting customer preferences for movies. It's in the
FAQ .

digestIT 2004 has been used by both SuSE and Novell, and has also
been used by the Computer Crime Unit of the Montana Division of
Criminal Investigation.

digestIT 2003 was featured in a graduate-level lecture at Walsh
College in Troy, Michigan. It was used as part of a lecture on hash
algorithms by adjunct instructor Paul Howell for an assignment on the
MD5 algorithm.

Known Issues

The only issue of which users need to be aware is what is called the
"2GB limitation". What this means is that the progress indicator will
not properly display the file size and processing progress of files
that are 2GB or larger in size. However, the final result displayed for
such a file will still be correct.